SARNIE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. SARNIE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SARNIE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SARNIE is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SARNIE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sarniesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SARNIE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SARNIE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 8,517.
What stands out about SARNIE
- The same 6 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SARNIE mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalBritish
A sandwich, especially in casual British speech.
Sarnie began as playful slang clipped from a longer word for a filled bread snack, popular first in working-class and youth talk before spreading into general informal use across the UK. It shows up on cafe chalkboards and in relaxed conversation far more often than in formal writing, frequently paired with a filling, as in a bacon sarnie or a cheese sarnie. The term fits a wider pattern in UK slang of shortening ordinary nouns to sound friendlier and more relaxed. Because the word is so tied to life in Britain and Ireland, it rarely turns up in American or Australian speech.
How SARNIE is used
Informal British usage, common in speech and casual writing about food; rare outside the UK.
- He grabbed a cheese sarnie from the corner shop before the meeting.
- Nothing beats a bacon sarnie on a cold morning.
- She packed a sarnie and an apple for the train journey.
- The cafe menu listed six kinds of sarnie.
- Kids at the table each brought a sarnie for lunch.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SARNIE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SARNIE
The 6 tiles of SARNIE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with SARNIE
1 longer words begin with SARNIE.
Shorter words from the letters in SARNIE
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Common questions about SARNIE
- Is SARNIE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SARNIE, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SARNIE worth?
- SARNIE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SARNIE mean?
- A sandwich, especially in casual British speech.
- What letters can be added to SARNIE?
- SARNIE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SARNIE:
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